The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-11
THE BASEBALL PLAYERS.
The Louisville Nine Yield Poorly
Played Game to the Memphis Club.
An Undressing Contest at Cincinnati in
Which the Torontos Are Again Defeated
"A Minor Club Beats the st. Louis.

LOUISVILLE. April 1O.-The Louisville club
sustained srsther defeat to-day, the victo-s
this time bs:ag the Memphis branch of the
Southern League The contest was a close and
exciting one throughout taking ten innings to
decide it. Black and Kerins made home runs,
the former knocking the ball over the right
field fence. Both pitchers were batted hard.
the Memphis nine however, doing superior field
ing work. Score
Memphis -..----O 1 Q o o 2-1O
Louisville ----..2 l 0 0. l.
Earned runs-Memphis z; Louisville g. Twobase
hlts-kerins gu, Hecker, Reccus. Black and Smith
Threebase hits-Andrews and Smith. Home
Kerins and Black Double plays-Cross and Kerins
Collins and Kerins, Black and Andrews Force
Phelan and Andrews. Bases on bals-Of Smith. 8;
off Chamberlain, 1. Passed bails-Cross, 1; Crotty
2 Struck out-By Chamberlain l; by Hecker. L.
Wild pitches-Smith. 2 Hit by ptcher-Sneed. I'm
pire-Walsh.
CINcINNATI. April 10.-The Cincinnatis again
defeated the Torontos to-day in one-sided
game. Score:
Cincinnati ----------3 Q 3 Q Ais
Base hits-Cincnnati, 81; Toronto II. Errors
Cincinnati 5.
ST. LOUIS, April 10.-Dawson. the Browns
young pitcher. hit hard TO-DAY by Topeka,
OF the Western League. and the Browns wore
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son fair support, but allowed several runs to be
made by wild throwing to bases. The champions
took but little interest, apparently, in the game,
and it was not until two men were out in the
ninth inning that they worked with any vim.
Good hitting and bad fielding by Hoover brought
in four runs. The Topekas played a strong
game throughout. The battery work of Con-
way and Gunson was especially fine. The field
ing of Macullar, johnson and Stearns, a brill
liant high jump catch of long fly by Godsby.
and the heavy hitting of Goldsby and johnson,
and Macullars home run, were the best features
of the game. Score:
st. Louis 0 O o o A. 8
Dawson, the Browns pitcher. and Schulze,
young catcher on trial, will be released to-mor-
row.
Games stopped by a Sheriff's Officers.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y, April 1O-About
sixty deputy sheriffs, in three divisions, under
sheriff Goldner and Captain Kavanaugh, visited
the various parks used baseball grounds in
the villages of Maspeh. Mlddlevillage and Ridge
wood, Queens county. this afternoon. and
stopped the ball games in progress. At the
Atlantic Park, where the Cuban Giants and
Newarks playing before four thousand
spectators. Captain Kavanaugh and his fifteen
deputies We're surrounded by the crowd, and for
d time it looked as If there would be trouble
Some of the crowd urged the players to proceed
with the game despite the presence of the Off
GERS, and others picked up stones threatening
the officers lives Finally the crowd was driven
off and the playing ceased. Not less than 10, GOO
persons had paid for admission to the several
grounds. The Peoples Recreation Grounds. in
this city, on which six clubs played, were
crowded with spectators and the officers did not
interfere
What the New Rules Need.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
After fair and impartial test, the new rules
seem to have more than held their own, and
must now be regarded as success; yet there are
defects in them which it will take very careful
legislation to eliminate. The two defects which
are most apparent are giving batsman base
| hit for a base on balls, and allowing only five
balls and four strikes. The effect of the former
| is TO mislead, by placing poor batsman above a
| good one in the official averages. The rule, of
| course. was framed to compel pitcher to put
+ tie bali over the plate. and thus make the bat
ting heavier, but the same result can be reach I'd
by penalizing the pitcher with error and not
crsditing the batsman with a time at the bat.
| The cry from the grand stand this season has
been Hit the ball }" when batsman after bats
man has allowed good balls to pass over the
plate in the hope of getting his base on
balls. The pitcher is handicapped so under
| the new rules that he is not nearly as effective
| as of old, and if batters we're given to under
stand that they must hit the ball, the game
| would be made much livelier. Restriction
enough is already placed upon the pitcher, and
and he should be at least given five balls and only
three strikes, even six balls and three strikes
would not be too many, as the batter would
| then have all the best of it, Another point.
too, which is apparent is that they fail in one OF
their primary objects, viz, to make the work
easier for the catcher 1t stands to reason that
if the batting is increased, the work of the
catcher will be in proportion, as he will be con
tinually under the bat. 1t has been stated tina,
| although this may be so. that the pitcher will
have such control Of the ball that no wide balls
will have to be stopped by receiver; experience
has proven, however. that such is not the case
| John Clarkson. the Chicago pitcher. stated
yesterday, that he did not have the control Of
| the ball under the new rules that he had under
the old, and Bushong certainly has been worked
| harder this spring than in former years. The
| new rules may be regarded move in the
right direction. and, with the changes noted
| above, will make the games more lively and in
teresting than they have been.
| Base-Ball4fotes.
The Detroits will not release Manning
The indianapolis team will play in Cincin